Heater



i UNrT D; STATE'S PATENT OFFICEM ROBERT M. WEIR, on BOONE, IoWA.

HEA'l' ER.

SPECIFICATION formig part of Letters ratent No. 261,&84, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed March 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concrn:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. WEIR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in heaters.

The objects of ny invention are, first, to secure, in a heating-furnace using anthracite or bituminous coal, the combnstion of the smoke, and thus add to the heating qualities of said heater; second, to supply the heated air from the heater with the proper ainount of moistnre for wholesome respiration; third, to provide for removing the foul air from the house or apartmcnts heated by the furnace by means ot' the draft of said fur'nace. i

To this end my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts illustrnted in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figure 1 is a sectional elevatiou of my improved heater. i Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 reprosent details referred to hereinafter.

Similar letters of reference represent similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A represents the furnace proper, in which the fire is maintained. This furnace may be made in the ordinary manner,

of any convenient size and form, with the top opening directly into what I term a fine-escape, B, which leads directly into the chimney C. Leading from the bottom of the fine-escape B are several Vertical cylindrical fiues, F, F', and F which eXtend downward and connect with a second fiue-escape, B'. This I term the lower fine-escape, it being similar in form and size to the upper flue-escape, B, and also leads directly into the chimney C. Any desred number of the cylindrical fiues F F' F may be used to connect the horizontal fiues B and B'.

In the fine-escape B, just beyond each al ternate cylindrical flue F, &0., is placed a perforated damper, a, (see Fig. 3 for detail,) pro- Vided with a suitable projecting handle, by which it may be operated to open or close the said fine-escape B, and thus furnish the means of securing a direct or indirect draft from furnaceAthrough upperfiue-escape, B, or through i vertical cylindrical flues F, &c., and lower flueescape,B'. Bypartiallyclosingtheflue-escape B by dampers a a 'the smoke from the furnace A is caused to descend through vertical cylindrical fine F' and to ascend through flue F Sto., in the direction of the longer arrows in Fig. 1

i by reason of the indirect draft, while the flames and heat, by reason of the direct draft, pass through the perforated dampers a a, as indicated by shorter arrows, and come into direct contact with and consume the smoke as it arises through the vertical cylindrical fiue F', &c., thus creating a great amount of heat, which is radiatcd from the outer surface of the fine-escape B and B' and fiues F, 850..

E is a vat containing water, from which lead two pipes, P, (see Fig. et for detaih) each of which is closed at one end and makes a turn around the furnace A, one of them being placed at the top and the other at the bottom of said furnace. The water in the vat is by this arrangement thoroughly heated and gives off vapor, which unites with and moistens the heated air given off by the heater. The whole is to be inclosed within a suitable chamber or room in the lower part of the building to be heated, from which the healed'and moistened air arises to the apartments above through a register, R, or is conveyed through suitable pipes to any desired part of the building.

Instead of the furnace-door, the furnace A may be supplied with a feeder-pipe, P as shown in Fig. 5. side of the room inwhich the heater is placed in order to avoid the necessity of going into said room to supply the fire with fuel. It is to be secured in a ring or furnace-se ction, S, which fits between the upper and lower sections of the furnace, and may be readily applied to the furnace or dispensed with, as desired. The outer end is to be supplied with a tightfitting cover, while the inner extends downward to the surface of the fire to prevent the accumulation of gas therein. This pipeP may be readily removed, when desired, for the purpose of cleaning the fire-pot; e

D is a ventilating-pipe for the purpose of purifying the air in the heated apartments by removing the foul air therefrom, and to this end it leadsinto the chamber below the firein the furnace A, and a draft is created therein by the draft of the furnace, which removes the foul air from and thus effcctually ventilates the apartments above.

It is evidcnt that by suitable pipes a connection may be made from pipe D with any desired apartment, said pipe being controlled by suitable registers, as shown at R', Fig. 1.'

Having thns described my invention, what I claim as nem-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the furnace A, horizontal flues B B', two or more connecting-flues, FF', one or more perforateddampers, a, placed in the upper horizontal flue, the water-Vat E, and the pipe P, leading therefrom to the furnace, substantially as and for the purpose described. e

2. The comhination of the furnace A, horizontal flues B B', vertical connecting-flues -F F' F dampers a a, water-Vat E, pipe P, and Ventilating-pipe D, all substantiall y as shown and described. e I

In testnony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT MCQUEEN WEIR.

' Witnesses:

B. F. HooD, A. C. HooD. 

